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Fight for jobs at Volkswagen

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Volkswagen is a big car company. There is a big fight at the company now. The boss Oliver Blume wants to save much money. He wants to close factories. He also wants to cut many jobs.

Christiane Benner is the head of the union IG Metall. She is very angry. She says: The board makes big mistakes. The plans bring big fear to the workers. Benner says: There are rules against job losses.

The supervisory board meets on Friday. Christiane Benner fights against the closures there. Many areas need the car factories. The union wants new cars for the factories.

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Definitions

Union
A group of people. They help the workers.
Supervisory board
A group of people. They check the work of the boss.
Board
The leaders of a big company.

People

Christiane Benner
She is the head of the union IG Metall.
Oliver Blume
He is the boss of the car company Volkswagen.

Locations

Wolfsburg
A city in Germany. The main office of Volkswagen is here.
Emden
A city in north Germany with a big car factory.
Zwickau
A city in Saxony. Workers build many electric cars here.

Sources

Logo ZDFheute
ZDFheute

Volkswagen: IG Metall kritisiert mögliche Werksschließungen

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Bild

IG Metall bläst zum Sturm: „Mit uns werden VW-Werke nicht geschlossen“

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Logo Standard
Standard

"Macht mich wütend": IG-Metall-Chefin wirft VW-Chef schwere Fehler vor

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Logo Die Presse
Die Presse

IG-Metall-Chefin wirft VW-Chef schwere Fehler vor

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